Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N612 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday.
This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks such as Sky Aviation, National Salt Company, and Oando Plc, among others, on the trading floor.
The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) slumped to 152,629.60 points from the 153,739.11 points recorded the previous day.
After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalisation decreased to N96.9 trillion from N97.5 trillion posted by the bourse on Monday.
The market breadth was negative with 19 stocks advancing, 40 stocks declining, and 87 stocks remaining unchanged in 33,288 deals.
An aggregate of 683,920,688 units of shares was traded, valued at N20.3 billion.
Eunisell Interlinked Plc, Sunu Assurance Plc and Honeywell Flour.led the gainers with 10%, 9.98%, and 9.72% growth in share prices, respectively, to close at N64.90, N4.96, and N19.75 per share, up from the previous N59.00, N4.51, and N18.00 per share.
Sky Aviation, National Salt Company, and Oando Plc led other price decliners with a 10%, 10% and 9.99% dip each in share price to close at N89.55, N99.00, and N43.25 per share, down from the previous N99.50, N110.00, and N48.05 per share
On the volume index, Aso Savings and Loans led trading with 111 million shares in 847 deals, followed by First City Monumental Bank, which traded 110 million shares in 1,142 deals.
Fidelity Bank traded 55 million shares in 537 deals.
On the value index, Stanbic IBTC traded stocks valued at N3.1 billion in 274 deals, followed by Zenith Bank, which traded equities worth N2.3 billion in 1,635 deals.
Nestle traded shares valued at N1.5 billion in 180.